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VideoLive coverage: Four-man crew docks at International Space Station
SpaceX and NASA launched the Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station at 12:34 a.m. EST (0534 GMT) Thursday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off with two NASA astronauts, an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates, and a Russian cosmonaut to begin a six-month expedition in orbit. Docking at the International Space Station occurred at 1:40 a.m. EST (0640 GMT) Friday.
VideoOfficials give ‘go’ for Crew-6 mission after launch readiness review
NASA and SpaceX officials gave the green light Saturday night to continue preparations for launch of the next crew mission to the International Space Station Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
VideoLive coverage: Replacement Soyuz arrives at space station
Two months after a coolant leak disabled a Soyuz crew ferry spacecraft at the International Space Station, Russia's space agency launched of a replacement vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Thursday, and the craft docked at the station at 7:58 p.m. EST Saturday (0058 GMT Sunday). The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft launched without any people on-board, and will serve as a lifeboat and ride home for a three-man space station crew later this year.
VideoPhotos: Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon roll out to pad 39A
SpaceX transported a Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft to pad 39A on Wednesday, Feb. 22, for final preparations to carry a four-man crew to the International Space Station on NASA's Crew-6 mission.
VideoSpaceX test-fires 31 engines on Starship’s gigantic Super Heavy booster
In a significant milestone preparing for liftoff of the world's most powerful rocket, SpaceX test-fired 31 of the booster's 33 methane-fueled engines Thursday in South Texas as the company eyes a launch attempt as soon as March.
VideoLive coverage: Mission control evaluating coolant leak on Soyuz spacecraft
Russian engineers are evaluating an apparent coolant leak coming from the Soyuz MS-22 crew ferry ship docked to the International Space Station. The leak was discovered around 7:45 p.m. EST Wednesday (0045 GMT Thursday) and forced the cancellation of a planned spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts.
VideoLive coverage: NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashes down after moon mission
NASA's unpiloted Orion spacecraft re-entered Earth's atmosphere at 32 times the speed of sound Sunday, surviving a fiery-hot descent before deploying parachutes and splashing down in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California at 12:40 p.m. EST (1740 GMT). The Orion capsule successfully completed NASA's Artemis 1 mission, a precursor to future astronaut missions on the spacecraft.
VideoLive coverage: Orion spacecraft completes return powered flyby of the moon
NASA's Orion spacecraft successfully fired its main engine for three-and-a-half minutes at 11:43 a.m. EST (1643 GMT) Monday as it flew 80 miles from the surface of the moon, redirecting the capsule's trajectory for the return trip to Earth to wrap up the Artemis 1 test flight.
VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 lifts off with Dragon cargo capsule
After a launch attempt earlier in the week was scrubbed due to bad weather, SpaceX sent a Dragon cargo capsule toward the International Space Station Saturday with nearly four tons of supplies and experiments. Liftoff on a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center occurred at 2:20 p.m. EST (1920 GMT).
VideoLive coverage: Orion capsule completes distant retrograde orbit insertion burn
Another major engine burn on NASA's Artemis 1 mission placed the Orion spacecraft into a distant retrograde orbit around the moon, where it will spend six days performing more tests and demonstrations before returning to Earth. The 88-second burn by Orion's main engine occurred at 4:52 p.m. EST (2152 GMT) Friday.